First Time Closet Grow - July 2009

[dfw-guy]

You really don't need (I don't believe it's recommended either) to use nutes until at least a month after planting, especially with the time released nutes that are already in the soil. But hey if your doing to much your plants will let you know :)

[number1]

Dfw-guy is right. watch out with the nutes, but you dont have to listen to us lol. your plants/seedlings look nice and healthy. they look like there gonna be nice n bushy

[Tamemoe]

Good job!!! You have jumped into a field that is both fun and profitable. :) Goodluck with the grow I will soon be growing in my closest as well, so you will have to look at my set up good luck with it. I will be watching.
~Tamemoe

[mtnbiker2288]

Thanks for the advice dfw- guy and number1! im using a really low potency for the nutes so I didn't know if it would be harmful or not. and figured i'd give it a shot!

and thanks tamemoe for the encouragement! I cant wait to see how u set up your closet and how it works out for you. good luck!


okay... so my girls have been growing pretty good over the past 3 days. they started to get more bushy and havent really grown any taller (which i like!) haha but I do have my first problem. I don't know if its a big one or what... but my oldest plant is looking very droopy and not all perky like the other one.... the only thing I can think of is like pH or something because I don't have a pH tester.. =( but heres some pics anyways!

the one on the left is the droopy one =( and is older by a day or 2


my baby girls!



and heres some singles and the really young one is one that just came up really late.

younger one below:







time for the older one!


she just looks sooooo droopy! =( =(






I'm not sure. maybe its over-watering or under-watering? anyways. today marks 14 days for the oldest and like 12 days for the second! I cant believe its only been 2 weeks. haha I'll post again in a few days.

::edit::
Ps. i dont know how i got this post above number1's or tamemoe's but its not supposed to be. haha

[Ms.Fox]

They look great! Keep up the great work!

[dfw-guy]

I think you may be watering them (or at least the droopy one) to much. The reason one is droopy and one isn't is that your soil mixes are different. The one with more perlite in it will have an airy composer and will drain out the water faster than the one with less. Cannabis likes to have wet/dry periods. I water my plants after the top inch of soil is dry and crusty. I usually go 3-5 days between waterings.

[mtnbiker2288]

thanks dfw- I try to not water them too much, but I'm using these peat pots and they dry out in like 1 day... the top inch is completely dry and crusty in about a day/day and a half... its confusing me. haha. oh and they both have perlite mixed in with the soil... i just added a little soil on top of the older one because it stretched out and i wanted to keep it standing upright, so thats the reason it looks like theres no perlite in it. sorry for the confusion. maybe i should just let them go for a few days without watering and see what happens? haha

[number1]

they look good my friend so dont panic lol. In your first grow you'll learn alot so if they die or you only get a bit of smoke out of it you'll improve for your next batch. Coz you can try something else next time. by the way have you got a note book so you can remember what youve been doing to them

[mtnbiker2288]

haha thanks number1. yeah I've already learned so much valuable information I would never have learned if it wasn't for everyone on this site. cant wait to learn more. especially because I just got my seeds for my next grow! I got 10 Pure Power Plant (PPP) seeds, and 5 Mazar x Afghan seeds... Im stoked for my next grow, thats why this one is basically just a learning grow with bagseed. and yes, I have like a little journal thing but I left it up at school, gotta go back to get it soon. =)

[number1]

have you moved then with all them seeds (pmsl)??? i looked up the PPP and they are gonna be NICE. Have you been feeding your plants coz i might try and feed a couple of mine? =)

[mtnbiker2288]

yea I moved back home from college for a few months... haha I drove home with both my girls and all my lights in my trunk. and yea, i cant wait for the PPP! I'm kinda kickin' myself that I didn't save up and buy feminized, but once again, its all a learning experience.

yea I fed them about a 1/4 strength solution of 18-18-21 Nutes... I only did that once, though, but I have been spraying the leaves and doing some light foliar feeding every once in a while. =) but everyone keeps telling me its not really recommended till later in the veg stage. oh well. if u don't fail then u cant get better =)

[mtnbiker2288]

so..... quick little update. no pics though. =(

its been a few days and the ladies have grown a little bit, I almost expected them to be taking off right now, but I think I'm just impatient since its my first grow.

I fed the little ladies with a 1/4 strength nute solution again today and they seemed to like it... I also sprayed the leaves with a very fine mist of the nutes to do some foliage feeding.

I also moved my lights up about an inch or 2 to try and get them to grow a little more UP instead of just OUT.

ummmm. lets see.... the oldest one has one very nice set of 5 leaves... a second set of 5 pretty well along and even the next set started. its also starting to have little growths right along the nodes of the lowest 2 branches!!

the younger one has its first set of 5 leaves growing and the second set coming out.

nothing really else to say, other than the fact that I'm going away to Indianapolis for about a week and dont know what to do with my little girls!!
-any suggestions?!

[number1]

take them with you haha

[mtnbiker2288]

soo heres the last update for the next week or so. I'm going to Indianapolis for like 5 days and I still don't know what to do with my girls... =( I'm just hoping I can save them if they're not doing so hot when I get back. but ill cross that bridge when it comes.

anyways.. pictures!!

all three baby girls!



the new girl!


the second oldest, she kinda grew awkward over the weekend. oops. haha

and last but not least, the oldest girl!




I still feel like they're just barely crawling along, but I still think I'm just impatient, ha ha.
I gave the girls some nutes last watering, so this watering is just straight tap water I've let sit out for a day or 2. other than that I really don't think there is much else to say for now, ill update in under a week hopefully!

[mtnbiker2288]

hey all! sorry about not posting, I was in Indianapolis for the week, and to my surprise, my girls are still alive! I cant believe they lasted that long. well 2 of them lasted that long, I put a plastic baggie of water on the bottom of the peat pots to try and keep the bottom moist while I was away. But, I only did this to 2 out of three of them. Needless to say the one I did not put a reservoir of water died, but that's okay. I specifically left the little one go to see if it would have lasted or not.

my little girls definitely did some growing this week! they look pretty healthy, the only thing wrong is that the first set of leaves on the bottom are very yellow and look like they're dying. I don't know what it is, but I'm assuming its because the soil was EXTREMELY dry after a week of not being watered.

ill post pics soon, I left my camera up at school.